• According to Reuters, the death of African migrants in early August comes as anti-immigrant sentiment is rising in Italy and across Europe. Italy’s new government is pledging to launch a campaign of mass deportation of migrant workers, many of whom have worked in Italy for years under harsh conditions.

• A federal prison in California is filling up with migrant detainees from India, who sought asylum by crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. Many of the South Asians are members of dissident political parties in India who face growing hostility from India’s governing nationalist party, the Bharatiya Janata Party or BJP.

• Cyber security experts are raising alarms on how easy it is to intercept and alter emailed election ballots. Despite ballot security warnings, officials in 30 states continue to accept emailed and faxed ballots.

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